Coast Guard responds to burning vessel near Bellingham, Washington

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard responded to a boat fire approximately 15 miles southwest of Bellingham, Wash., near Lummi Island, Wash., Saturday.

Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, located in Seattle, received a report that the 46-foot sailing vessel Straight Up was ablaze just southeast of Lummi Island with seven people on board at approximately 5:15 p.m.

Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound sent the Coast Guard Cutter Terrapin, already underway near the San Juan islands, to the scene.

All seven people jumped overboard and were recovered by a good Samaritan boater before Cutter Terrapin arrived.